Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
Parallel translations
- WEB until Yahweh looks down, and sees from heaven.
- BSB until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.
- NKJV Till the Lord from heaven Looks down and sees.
- NASB Until the Lord looks down And sees from heaven.
- NLT until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees.
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Quick answer
He will weep until the Lord looks down and sees from heaven.
Overview
The tears of verse 49 continue 'until Yahweh looks down,' tying the lament to hope that God will intervene. The poet waits for God to take notice and act in mercy. This expectant waiting reflects faith that God is not indifferent and will, in time, regard His people, supremely shown in His sending of Christ (Ps. 102:19-20).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Isa 63:15Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
- Lam 5:1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
- Ps 80:14–16Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
- Ps 102:19–20For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
- Lam 2:20Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Isa 64:1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
- Dan 9:16–19O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
- Isa 62:6–7I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
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